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Lost last second and then item reposted right away

I recently lost an auction at the last second. It happens. But what is weird is that the item was immediately relisted. I asked the seller about the difference between the original item and the new one and he said seller didn’t respond for payment. T...

Allstate protection plan pop-up.

Can we get an opt-out setting in our account for these? It's a pain to add items to cart in certain situations since the only option now provided is "proceed to cart". We can no longer close the pop-up and have the item added to the cart. It's slowin...

I bid on something that doesn't ship to my country

I bid on something and won my mistake for not reading that it doesn't ship to me. I requested an innovice and it's 1800!!!!! for shipping and the item that I won was 155 usd . and now ebay wants me to pay. is there a way to cancel this? or do I wait ...

Resolved! Ebay FREEINSTALLATION24 Tire purchase Offer

Ebay doesn't include much info on what is included in this installation.I believe it should cover removal of old tires and free disposal,installation of purchased tires with new valve stems and balancing.I think it wouldn't include lifetime balance/r...

Loophole that enables theft via ebay

People who would like to steal a large amount of money via ebay, please do not read this. This post is intended to warm buyers about a way to steal via ebay.All sellers intending to steal from buyers need to do: alter the shipping label so the empty ...

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Automatic Payments on Buy it Now/Offers

I have decided after more than 15 years that I will no longer purchase from ebay. My preferred method of payment on eBay is paypal. My preferred method of payment on PayPal is my PayPal credit. Three times out of the last five purchases, PayPal has i...

Resolved! Shipping costs increased after best offer accepted

I noticed that the shipping costs for an item I made a best offer for (and got accepted by seller) increased after either after my offer was made or after offer was accepted. I made an offer for an item for an offer price of $291.50 and shipping cost...

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What exactly is sniping? Doesn't it mean bidding at the last second? How is that bad?

I could be wrong, but I always thought sniping was placing a bid at the last possible second. I can't for the life of me see the problem with that as bidders have every right to place bids until the auction closes. Yet I encountered another Ebay sell...

I keep reporting fake perfumes - eBay says "no violation"

One of my hobbies is perfumes. I'm not an expert but I know a reasonable amount about the subject. Sometimes I spot clear fakes on eBay and report them, explaining why I know they are fake. For example the latest one had a mistake in the brand's logo...

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Ebay dont care if they sell counterfeit items.

I have reported items that are counterfeit and they dont care at all. Here is an example.Original box has grey/silver stripes on the left side on the box.Fake one has black stripes on the box.Original has a QR code on the serial number label. Fake on...

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Fraud Chinese sellers

Beware of some Chinese sellers who sent wrong items to you. It usually takes almost 1 month from buying day to receiving day. In my case, I ordered garage remotes from 3 different Chinese sellers. One of them sent the correct one as described in the ...

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